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Hey a malt tilted pale ale what a concept,pours a nice deep orange with a light wispy head that leaves a little lacing,aroma is more on the hoppy side lightley grassy with a doughy hint in there as well.A real nice "grainy" cereal taste to this brew with a lighter hop note with a nice crisp as a cracker malty finish.A real top notch pale here its a joy savoring the different flavors to this brew.

Thanks to woodychandler for leaving this at my place. Pours from the 12oz bottle into a pint glass a golden amber color with a half inch of white foam and good clarity. Aromas of lightly roasted grains, slightly spicy with some caramel accents. Mellow herbal hops with a touch of citrus. It kinda just sits there with nothing really jumping out at me.

First sip brings a big toasted graininess that bathed in a light caramel accent. A touch of spiciness from the rye comes through and sets this apart from other APA's. Light citrus fruit accents and a light spicy, herbal hop on the way down. This just doesn't end up jiving together very well.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied with big bubbly carbonation. Goes down rather smooth. This one just failed to grab me in any way. Not really what I'm after when I'm looking to have an APA.

12oz bottle. Bright and tawny, topped with a foamy white head that settles to a wispy lace. Grainy, spicy, floral with a pungent grassy, resiny, and hop oil pack hop aroma. Smooth and medium-bodied. Crisp wheat character and a nice rye spice in the initial flavor. Sweet, toasty, thin caramel malts and fresh bread crust. Hop are a briefly tangy and resiny with a thin grass bitterness. Finish has some lingering toasty notes and goes grain dry.

Rye usage is just enough making for a most tasty, interesting. balanced and complex brew. Don't expect it to wow you though. It's a solid choice for session beer.

Taste & Mouthfeel: Lots of flavor packed into this pale ale, the hops taste extremely fresh with woody and spicy notes as well as a clean bitterness. The rye and wheat come forth with a spicy twang of fermented grain with a malted sweetness to keep things in check. Finishes slightly sweet with a long lingering fresh hop bitterness.

Notes: If a brewery could ever find a perfect balance in a beer this would be one of them, the blend of hops and four different grains keeps your palate awake with its subtle complexities.

The Amish is a pretty popular beer and the hoppiest product LBC put out until the Pils came on. (They didn't call it Lancaster Malt Brewing for nothin'). When this ale is put on the cask, it's a whole different story. The warmer temperature and softening effect of the hand pump make this a really neat beer.

12 ounce bottle with no freshness dating. Warning..the first bottle of this stuff I opened had gone to beer infection hell. The next bottle was alot better. Poured light orangy almond, sort of cloudy tinybubbles, respectable lacing. Malty, bready nose. Malty up front with a very mild hop appearance late. Smooth finish. Decent sessioner, but I need more hops then this in my pale ale.

Pours a copper ruby tone well more like amber and a nice sized cream colored head sitting atop the beer speckled light lacing all down the sides of my glass. Aroma has a suprising alcohol infused with fruit to it, very nice. Well, the flavor at first still cold was extremely bitter and harsh, but as it warmed it mellows out into some grainy toasted mild like nut finish and a fruit tone all there not bad at all. Mouthfeel is a little thin and lacking any real texture to it, but the drinkability still holds up fairly well for me. I enjoyed this beer as a sipper while doing some homework not bad.

A- This beer has a crystal clear warm brown body with a creamy tan head that last a good bit. There is a gentle carbonation of small bubbles that glide to the surface.

S- This beer has a soft fresh pale malt aroma with a slight toasted malt note. There is a light spicy rye bread note followed by a soft green earthy hop note.

T- The taste of pale malt with a light toasted malt flavor with some pepper spice to it starts this beer and it finishes with a soft bitter bite that also has a spicy hint. As the beer warms the hop finish has a pine note that gets stronger and stronger. There is a slight tartness to the malt that has a caramel note when it warms.

M- This beer has a medium-full mouthfeel with a clean dry finish.

D- This beer has a big hop flavor that block some of the nice grain complexity. There is very little hop flavor but a big hop bitterness that is more suitable in an IPA but it is still missing the flavor.

Soft orange brown body with a thick, foamy off-white head--appears as a pale aleis expected to be... fresh and hoppy--a bit of yeast here and there--fitting but not memorable, like a plain white T... body is medium-weight with fizzy action along and around the tongue... rather plain--a bit crunchy and smooth late--likeable... a softening flavor that allows other elements--food, namely---to take precedent--light on the malt, thus making the act of balancing difficult... the hops are quite obvious... pale ales need body and balance, and the Four-Grain has a little of both, but a little more work could be done to this one... workable as a sampler fourth...

This brew pours an extremely clear brown color topped by a good looking two finger light brown head. Head fades quickly transforming into a nice tight 1/8" leaving behind a couple bits of stringy lace. Head has good consistency to it. Densely tight, soapy, and a touch oily. Aroma holds a nice balance of light tropical-like fruit with also berries and slight orange, combined chewy toasty malt. There's some kind of lactic milkiness going on as well. Nice on the nose. Flavor also has similar fruity characteristics over the soft malt blanket. There's solid bitterness and slightly assertive carbonation. That helps the mouthfeel out a little but otherwise it is too thin. More chewy malts would be welcome and could surely help out the body. This is however quite easy to drink down.

Not bad, not bad. There is nothing wrong with this but at the same time there's also room for improvement, in one way or another. I would have it again, but preferably via tap.

Nice grainy pale. On the shadow side of a pale, astringent lemon peels, toasty. Thanks Mr_kimchee. Very mild citrus aroma.Calmed down bitterness. Three-and-a-half years later, noticed its a so-so pale, with her character on the grainy side. A beer to have and try, maybe a staple.

Pours a caramel amber with a thin lacing of loose head. There are carbonation bubbles rising to the top. The nose is weird. I get notes of white grapes, dark fruit, and alcohol phenols. The taste is similar to the nose. There is light malt up front but mostly white grapes. The finish is slightly bitter with notes of dark fruit. The is a very faint diacetylic undertone. There is also some slight, unexpected alcohol warmth in the finish. It's light to medium bodied but heavily carbonated and crisp.

This is a weird APA in my opinion. Between the alcohol and the grape notes, it's more winey than pale ale-like. It's a little sweet and the creamy undertones are off putting. It's not awful, but by no means great.

A clear, deep-copper colored body is capped by a creamy ivory head. It's retention is fair before it drops to a creamy collar and whispy surface covering. There's not much in the nose other than a touch of fruitiness and some mild malt. The body is medium; and it combines with a fine, moderate carbonation leaving it creamy and smooth in the mouth. The flavor displays a rich maltiness that includes some "spicy" rye character; a bit of soft wheat; some floral/grassy hops, and a solid backing bitterness. It really needs to warm a bit to let it's full character come out, but once it does it's quite interesting. It appears very basic at first, but there are lots of tiny nuances that keep it interesting. It finishes dry with a touch of spice. Worth trying.

Pours a nice amber color, light carbination, nice head to start but disapates quickly. A so so bready aroma. I can taste the rye and wheat here. I also detect Fuggles hops but there seem to be others. In fact is seems to have a lot of complex ingredients yet it is a very simple and clean taste. It is one of those beers that if necessary you could session, but I wouldnt go out of my way to get this beer....nevertheless it is worth a try.

It's nice to find something different when it comes to American pale ale. This isn't just another light caramel malt with cascades. There's a really pleasant sweet biscuit malt flavor that's complimented by a touch of cocoa flavor. The bitterness provides a nice balance with fruity hops that still provide enough alpha acids to give it a little bitter kick.